There are provided a printing system, a method of generating a halftone processing rule, a method of acquiring a characteristic parameter, image processing device and method, a halftone processing rule, a halftone image, a method of manufacturing a printed material, an ink jet printing system, and a program which are capable of reducing an operation load of a user and acquiring a halftone processing rule appropriate for the printing system. A characteristic parameter acquisition chart (100) including a pattern for acquiring characteristic parameters related to characteristics of the printing system is output, and the output characteristic parameter acquisition chart (100) is read by image reading means. The characteristic parameters are acquired by analyzing the read image of the characteristic parameter acquisition chart (100), and halftone processing rules that define the processing contents of halftone processes used in the printing system are generated based on the acquired characteristic parameters.
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1. A printing system comprising: a processor; and a memory, the memory storing instructions to cause the processor to perform outputting a characteristic parameter acquisition chart including a pattern for acquiring characteristic parameters related to characteristics of a printing system; reading the characteristic parameter acquisition chart output by the outputting; acquiring the characteristic parameters by analyzing a read image of the characteristic parameter acquisition chart acquired by the reading; generating halftone processing rules that define processing contents of halftone processes used in the printing system based on the characteristic parameters acquired by the characteristic parameter acquisition; and forming dots on a printing medium via a plurality of printing elements, wherein the characteristics of the printing system are characteristics that include at least one of: individual recording characteristics of the printing elements; and common characteristics to the printing elements, wherein the acquiring acquires parameters related to the individual recording characteristics of the printing elements and the common characteristics to the printing elements from the read image of the characteristic parameter acquisition chart on which recording has been performed multiple times by using same printing elements by the outputting, wherein the acquiring acquires parameters related to characteristic errors of the printing system from an average value of measurement values obtained from the read image, the characteristic errors being errors that have reproducibility, and wherein the acquiring acquires parameters related to random system errors of the printing system from a variation in the average value of the measurement values obtained from the read image, the random system errors being errors that are irregularly changed.
2. The printing system according to claim 1 , wherein the recording characteristics comprise characteristics that include at least one of a dot density, a dot diameter, a dot shape, a dot recording position error, or recording inexecutable abnormality.
3. The printing system according to claim 1 , wherein the common characteristics comprise characteristics that include at least one of an average dot density, an average dot diameter, an average dot shape, or landing interference.
4. The printing system according to claim 1 , wherein the characteristic parameter acquisition chart includes a continuous dot pattern in which two or more dots are recorded so as to be in contact, and wherein the acquiring acquires a parameter related to the landing interference from the continuous dot pattern.
5. The printing system according to claim 4 , wherein the characteristic parameter acquisition chart includes multiple kinds of continuous dot patterns in which at least any one of an inter-dot distance between the two or more dots or a recording time difference between the two or more dots is differentiated.
6. The printing system according to claim 1 , wherein the characteristic parameter acquisition chart includes a discrete dot pattern in which dots are discretely recorded in an isolation state in which a single dot is isolated from another dot, and wherein the acquiring generates dispersion information related to dispersion of dots from the discrete dot pattern.
7. A method of generating a halftone processing rule, comprising: outputting a characteristic parameter acquisition chart including a pattern for acquiring characteristic parameters related to characteristics of a printing system; reading the characteristic parameter acquisition chart output by the outputting; acquiring the characteristic parameters by analyzing a read image of the characteristic parameter acquisition chart acquired by the reading; generating halftone processing rules that define processing contents of halftone processes used in the printing system based on the characteristic parameters acquired by the characteristic parameter acquisition; and forming dots on a printing medium via a plurality of printing elements, wherein the characteristics of the printing system are characteristics that include at least one of: individual recording characteristics of the printing elements; and common characteristics to the printing elements, wherein the acquiring acquires parameters related to the individual recording characteristics of the printing elements and the common characteristics to the printing elements from the red image of the characteristic parameter acquisition chart on which recording has been performed multiple times by using same printing elements by the outputting, wherein the acquiring acquires parameters related to characteristic errors of the printing system from an average value of measurement values obtained from the read image, the characteristic errors being errors that have reproducibility, and wherein the acquiring acquires parameters related to random system errors of the printing system from a variation in the average value of the measurement values obtained from the read image, the random system errors being errors that are irregularly changed.
8. An image processing device comprising: a processor; and a memory, the memory storing instructions to cause the processor to perform outputting a characteristic parameter acquisition chart including a pattern for acquiring characteristic parameters related to characteristics of a printing system; reading the characteristic parameter acquisition chart output by the outputting; acquiring the characteristic parameters by analyzing a read image of the characteristic parameter acquisition chart acquired by the reading; generating halftone processing rules that define processing contents of halftone processes used in the printing system based on the characteristic parameters acquired by the characteristic parameter acquisition; and forming dots on a printing medium via a plurality of printing elements, wherein the characteristics of the printing system are characteristics that include at least one of: individual recording characteristics of the printing elements; and common characteristics to the printing elements, wherein the acquiring acquires parameters related to the individual recording characteristics of the printing elements and the common characteristics to the printing elements from the read image of the characteristic parameter acquisition chart on which recording has been performed multiple times by using same printing elements by the outputting, wherein the acquiring acquires parameters related to characteristic errors of the printing system from an average value of measurement values obtained from the read image, the characteristic errors being errors that have reproducibility, and wherein the acquiring acquires parameters related to random system errors of the printing system from a variation in the average value of the measurement values obtained from the read image, the random system errors being errors that are irregularly changed.
9. A non-transitory and tangible computer-readable recording medium which stores a program, such that when the program is read and executed by the computer, the computer performs: outputting a characteristic parameter acquisition chart including a pattern for acquiring characteristic parameters related to characteristics of a printing system; reading the characteristic parameter acquisition chart output by the outputting; acquiring the characteristic parameters by analyzing a read image of the characteristic parameter acquisition chart acquired by the reading; generating halftone processing rules that define processing contents of halftone processes used in the printing system based on the characteristic parameters acquired by the characteristic parameter acquisition; and forming dots on a printing medium via a plurality of printing elements, wherein the characteristics of the printing system are characteristics that include at least one of: individual recording characteristics of the printing elements; and common characteristics to the printing elements, wherein the acquiring acquires parameters related to the individual recording characteristics of the printing elements and the common characteristics to the printing elements from the read image of the characteristic parameter acquisition chart on which recording has been performed multiple times by using same printing elements by the outputting, wherein the acquiring acquires parameters related to characteristic errors of the printing system from an average value of measurement values obtained from the read image, the characteristic errors being errors that have reproducibly, and wherein the acquiring acquires parameters related to random system errors of the printing system from a variation in the average value of the measurement values obtained from the read image, the random system errors being errors that are irregularly changed.
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